2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did you smell tobacco smoke from someone else's cigarette,
cigar, or pipe drifting into your home from nearby apartments or from outside?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-6 days All 7 days No days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,588 158 4.7 3.9- 5.6 112 3.3 2.6- 4.1 3,318 92.1 90.9-93.1
GENDER
Male 1,609 71 5.1 3.9- 6.6 47 3.0 2.0- 4.2 1,491 91.9 90.1-93.5
Female 1,979 87 4.3 3.3- 5.5 65 3.5 2.6- 4.7 1,827 92.2 90.6-93.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,113 123 4.0 3.2- 4.9 84 3.0 2.3- 3.9 2,906 93.0 91.7-94.0
No 471 35 8.8 6.1-12.3 28 4.7 3.0- 7.3 408 86.5 82.5-89.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 936 39 4.7 3.3- 6.8 27 3.0 1.9- 4.7 870 92.3 89.8-94.2
Overweight 1,192 48 4.6 3.3- 6.3 25 1.9 1.1- 3.1 1,119 93.6 91.6-95.1
Obese 1,155 52 4.5 3.2- 6.1 52 4.6 3.3- 6.4 1,051 90.9 88.7-92.8
Current Smoker
Yes 595 24 4.0 2.5- 6.3 47 8.2 5.7-11.6 524 87.8 84.0-90.7
No 2,963 134 4.9 4.0- 5.9 65 2.2 1.7- 3.0 2,764 92.9 91.7-94.0
History of CVD**
Yes 496 24 4.8 3.0- 7.7 23 4.2 2.5- 6.9 449 91.0 87.4-93.7
No 3,074 133 4.6 3.8- 5.6 88 3.1 2.4- 4.0 2,853 92.2 91.0-93.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 405 27 7.3 4.8-10.8 *** *** *** 363 88.3 83.8-91.7
No 3,022 119 4.2 3.4- 5.2 92 3.1 2.4- 3.9 2,811 92.7 91.5-93.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 192 *** *** *** *** *** *** 174 87.9 80.0-93.0
No 3,229 139 4.6 3.8- 5.6 96 2.9 2.3- 3.7 2,994 92.4 91.2-93.5
COPD
Yes 352 19 6.2 3.7-10.3 20 6.2 3.7-10.3 313 87.6 82.5-91.4
No 3,229 139 4.5 3.7- 5.5 92 3.0 2.3- 3.8 2,998 92.5 91.3-93.6
Current Asthma
Yes 336 22 6.3 4.0- 9.9 21 6.2 3.7-10.2 293 87.5 82.7-91.1
No 3,240 136 4.5 3.7- 5.5 90 2.9 2.3- 3.8 3,014 92.6 91.3-93.6
Diabetes
Yes 574 25 4.7 3.0- 7.2 25 3.6 2.3- 5.6 524 91.8 88.8-94.0
No 3,016 133 4.7 3.8- 5.7 87 3.2 2.5- 4.2 2,796 92.1 90.8-93.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,211 59 5.1 3.8- 6.9 59 5.6 4.1- 7.7 1,093 89.3 86.8-91.3
No 2,366 99 4.5 3.6- 5.6 51 2.1 1.5- 3.0 2,216 93.4 92.1-94.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,295 56 4.9 3.6- 6.6 56 4.2 3.0- 5.8 1,183 90.9 88.8-92.7
No 2,295 102 4.6 3.6- 5.7 56 2.8 2.1- 3.9 2,137 92.6 91.1-93.8

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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